Egg carrier



Patented Mar. l1, 1924.

@METEO STATES JOHN D. EIPSON, 0F ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF T0 ALVAEE C. REMINGTON, OF ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.

EGG CARRIER.

Application led August 14, 1922. Serial No. 581,556.

To all whom t 'may concern.'

Be it known that I, JOHN D. R1PsoN,.a citizen of the United States, and resident of Rochester, in the county of Monroe and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Egg Carriers, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to egg carriers and an object thereof is to provide a carrier which may also be utilized as a receptacle or box for carryin a luncheon or other material. Another ob]ect of the invention is to provide an egg carrier with removable cells of novel construction. A further object of the invention is to provide a carrier or receptacle which may be inexpensively formed from paper board to provide a strong and durable structure.

To these and other ends, the invention consists of certain parts and combinations of parts, all of which will be hereinafter described: the novel features being pointed out in the appended claims.

In the drawings:

Fig. 1 is a plan view of an egg carrier constructed in accordance with thls invention showing the boX open and one of the members of the box partly broken away;

Fig. 2 is a section on the line 2-2, Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the cells; and

Fig. 4 is an enlarged horizontal section through a wall of a box showing the manner in which the meeting edges of the superimposed layers are connected.

The illustrated embodiment of the carrier comprises two members, one of which serves as the bottom and the other the top. Each of these members is formed with a main wall 1 and a vertical wall. The vertical wall of each is formed from three layers of paper stock 2, 3 and 4. Each layer is in the form of a single strip and the meeting edges of each of these strips are indicated at 2a, 3a and 4a and are out of line so that one layer acts to bridge the joint of the other layer. A covering material 5 may be placed over the main wall 1 and the vertical wall of each member. The strip 4 of the upper member of the receptacle is wider than the strips 2 and 3 of said member, while the strip 4 of the lower member is narrower than the strips 2 and 3 of said lower member,

thus permitting the layer 4 of the upper member to strengthen the joint between the two members when said members are swung together about the hinge 6 formed, in this instance, by a cloth strip at the rear edges of the two members connected to the members in any known manner.

The eggs are held in the receptacles by cells and to this end each member of the receptacle has a like number each of the same form. This cell in the illustrated embodiment is formed from a strip of paper stock or other resilient sheet material to provide a cylindrical wall 7 which is resilient and of a size to permit the cells to t in the compartments in the manner illustrated in Fig. 1, while at the same time bringing such cells under a slight compression so that they will be maintained by friction in their respective positions. Each cell also has a volute egg receiving member 8 therein. This egg receiving member is formed by a continuation of the strip within the cylindrical wall and cooperating with the inner face of said cylindrical w'all, in order to confine the egg against movement in said cylindrical cell. If desired, the cotton or other yielding material 9 may be placed in each cell for cooperation with the ends of the eggs, but this is not necessary, although it still further insures the eggs against breakage. The cylindrical cells of the two members abut and in this way sustain the main walls 1 against inward pressure. The vertical walls of the receptacle are materially stronger than the main walls 1 and prevent the compression of the case and prevent inward collapse under ordinary conditions. The eggs may shift sidewise without any danger of contact and will be protected from end breakage by blows on the main walls 1 by means of two abutting cells in the two members of the receptacle.

What I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. An egg carrier comprising a compartment, and cylindrical cells having resilient walls fitted in said compartment in abutting relation. each cell having a relatively movable and resilient volute egg holding member connected at one end with the cell and extending in spaced relation to the inner face of the wall of the cell.

2. An egg carrier comprising an upper and lower member, each provided With a compartment and'each having a plurality of cylindrical cells therein formed of paper stock, lying in abut-ting relation with cells abutting the main Wall and the compa-rtment, and the cells of one compartment lying in abutment with the cells of the other compartment When the carrier is closed.

3. An egg carrier comprising an upper and lower member, each provided vvithV a compartment and each having a plurality or cylindrical cells therein abutting the main Wall of the compartment, the cells of one compartment lying in abutment with the cells of the other compartment when the carrier is closed, and each having a relatively movable and resilient volute egg receiving member therein connected at one end to the cell and extending in spaced relation to the Wall of the cell. f

l. A cell foregg carriers having a volute egg holding member therein V:formed of flat resilient material and spaced at its side from the interior Wall of the cell.

5. A cell for egg carriers formed from a single strip of resilient material rolled to provide a. cylindrical Wall and a volute egg receiving member Within and spaced at its side from said cylindrical Wall.

JOHN D. RIPSON. 

